Thread: Limited Slip Diff

Originally Posted by jakewire

Can Someone explain to me how exactly a limited Slip Diff works.
Here is the senario.
I'm in 2 wheel drive [ surf] and I go over a slight rise on such an angle where the two front wheels are on the road, the left hand back wheel is firmly on the ground [ the front of the truck is facing down slightly] but the rear right wheel is supended in mid air.
I go nowhere.
The rear left wheel just spins.
Now I thought a LSD was supposed to send the power to the wheel with the most grip,to enable you to get out of situation such as this, which it didn't .So what it the point?
Am I missing something here.
I know I have an LSD because it is written on the diff.

Jake - your understanding of LSD is a bit out. Read this first:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe...ical_device%29 it should help

Ok, so effectively that is saying in the lsd part, that I should have done exactly what Georgetown suggested and applied more acceleration untill the LSD came in to play.[ if indeed it is not buggered or that the wrong oil is in there]